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		ssambros on Feb 17, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels ... Why would insurance companies want to pay higher healthcare costs?

rapind on Feb 17, 2018 [–]

If healthcare was cheap then no one would need insurance?

unicornporn on Feb 17, 2018 | [–]

Taking care people and difficult medical conditions will likely never be dirt cheap, right? Unless you're envisioning Dark Mirror style robot care and cure everything pills.

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